B
Dallas Cowboys
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cowboys and Horton: B.
by Crazylife ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 19 picks
· 16 steals
· 0 reaches
Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Tory Horton got past him. The Cowboys do not have to explain a thing at the Round 5 slot. More right than wrong, and a B to match.
Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
Good price on Kenneth Grant in Round 1, Pick 25, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A straight-up fair deal on Isaiah Bond at the Round 2 slot, value and slot in agreement. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 58 with a little surplus value in TreVeyon Henderson. The roster fit checks out.
They barely believed it either: Xavier Watts still on the board at the 76th pick. A minor itch, scratched.
Taking Jaxson Dart in No. 87 is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Quinshon Judkins in slot 89 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jared Wilson at the 117th overall pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A slide stopped in pick 127, with Smael Mondon Jr. worth more than the price. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
The board fumbled Ajani Cornelius all the way to Round 5, Pick 11, and they scooped it up. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Hollin Pierce at slot 160 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Kobe King in No. 167 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A offensive lineman of that caliber at the 170th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They will replay Tory Horton at the 172nd pick for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They robbed the room for Kyle McCord here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
You do not let a tight end like Mitchell Evans reach pick No. 190 and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Steal is underselling it; Bhayshul Tuten at the Round 6 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Kobe Hudson in No. 239, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Jamon Dumas-Johnson in slot 249 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Mac McWilliams at the 251st overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.